The legislative effort comes amid increasing awareness of potential human trafficking in disreputable massage parlors. Police and federal agents fear that victims are being forced to live on the premises while working long hours and performing sex acts on clients.

and reducing the hours will affect this HOW??? HAHAHAH AHAHAHAassholes1) you hurt honest business people2) you do ZERO to reduce the "crime" you are pretending to be concerned about?

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war on consensual crimes continues to be fought, lost and complete waste of your tax dollars

So, by creating a pretty inconsequential law telling them they have to close at certain hours you're somehow going to prevent already illegal brothels, especially ones that use trafficked women, from operating...

Yeah, please explain to me how that's going to work, because I'm quite interested in hearing about how the traffickers are going to say "Welp, guess I'm out of business then!" and release their sex slaves.

How is allowing massages between 6am and 10pm going to stop human trafficking? Really, the U.S. just needs to legalize and regulate prostitution, then just spend redirect resources to going after actual human traffickers.

namatad:The legislative effort comes amid increasing awareness of potential human trafficking in disreputable massage parlors. Police and federal agents fear that victims are being forced to live on the premises while working long hours and performing sex acts on clients.

and reducing the hours will affect this HOW??? HAHAHAH AHAHAHAassholes1) you hurt honest business people2) you do ZERO to reduce the "crime" you are pretending to be concerned about?

sigh

war on consensual crimes continues to be fought, lost and complete waste of your tax dollars

So much this. Why is it so hard to understand a fundamental concept? I feel like I'm going crazy every time I hear some politician spouting about trying to help some exploited group of people by passing a useless, feel-good law, and NOBODY seems to call them out on it. Nobody in politics has a backbone anymore and it saddens and sickens me.

skinink:How is allowing massages between 6am and 10pm going to stop human trafficking? Really, the U.S. just needs to legalize and regulate prostitution, then just spend redirect resources to going after actual human traffickers.

Agent Smiths Laugh:skinink: How is allowing massages between 6am and 10pm going to stop human trafficking? Really, the U.S. just needs to legalize and regulate prostitution, then just spend redirect resources to going after actual human traffickers.

Overfiend:Agent Smiths Laugh: skinink: How is allowing massages between 6am and 10pm going to stop human trafficking? Really, the U.S. just needs to legalize and regulate prostitution, then just spend redirect resources to going after actual human traffickers.

Agent Smiths Laugh:skinink: How is allowing massages between 6am and 10pm going to stop human trafficking? Really, the U.S. just needs to legalize and regulate prostitution, then just spend redirect resources to going after actual human traffickers.

Nothing To See Here:Agent Smiths Laugh: skinink: How is allowing massages between 6am and 10pm going to stop human trafficking? Really, the U.S. just needs to legalize and regulate prostitution, then just spend redirect resources to going after actual human traffickers.

The Only Sane Man In Florida:So, by creating a pretty inconsequential law telling them they have to close at certain hours you're somehow going to prevent already illegal brothels, especially ones that use trafficked women, from operating...

Yeah, please explain to me how that's going to work, because I'm quite interested in hearing about how the traffickers are going to say "Welp, guess I'm out of business then!" and release their sex slaves.

Written by the same group that thinks outlawing scary looking guns will stop their use by criminals.

namatad:The legislative effort comes amid increasing awareness of potential human trafficking in disreputable massage parlors. Police and federal agents fear that victims are being forced to live on the premises while working long hours and performing sex acts on clients.

and reducing the hours will affect this HOW??? HAHAHAH AHAHAHAassholes1) you hurt honest business people2) you do ZERO to reduce the "crime" you are pretending to be concerned about?

sigh

war on consensual crimes continues to be fought, lost and complete waste of your tax dollars

It's the same logic as taking firearms out of the hands of regular citizens...

RatMaster999:namatad: The legislative effort comes amid increasing awareness of potential human trafficking in disreputable massage parlors. Police and federal agents fear that victims are being forced to live on the premises while working long hours and performing sex acts on clients.

and reducing the hours will affect this HOW??? HAHAHAH AHAHAHAassholes1) you hurt honest business people2) you do ZERO to reduce the "crime" you are pretending to be concerned about?

sigh

war on consensual crimes continues to be fought, lost and complete waste of your tax dollars

It's the same logic as taking firearms out of the hands of regular citizens...

HotWingAgenda:Overfiend: Agent Smiths Laugh: skinink: How is allowing massages between 6am and 10pm going to stop human trafficking? Really, the U.S. just needs to legalize and regulate prostitution, then just spend redirect resources to going after actual human traffickers.

That would offend Jesus.

Pretty much NOT. Jesus hung out with prostitutes.

You are dumb.

(your attempt at saying Murica's version of Jesus would fails)

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King Something:BiffDangler: For the life of me I don't get why anyone care is someone is getting a handjob at a massage parlour.

Agent Smiths Laugh: That would offend Jesus.

It's also why you can't buy beer on Sundays in at least a third of America.

These two get my drift, Overfiend, you missed the point by such a wide margin you almost qualify as extra-dimensional.

HotWingAgenda:RatMaster999: namatad: The legislative effort comes amid increasing awareness of potential human trafficking in disreputable massage parlors. Police and federal agents fear that victims are being forced to live on the premises while working long hours and performing sex acts on clients.

and reducing the hours will affect this HOW??? HAHAHAH AHAHAHAassholes1) you hurt honest business people2) you do ZERO to reduce the "crime" you are pretending to be concerned about?

sigh

war on consensual crimes continues to be fought, lost and complete waste of your tax dollars

It's the same logic as taking firearms out of the hands of regular citizens...

BiffDangler:For the life of me I don't get why anyone care is someone is getting a handjob at a massage parlour.

it is amazingly sad that our government and law enforcement are total cock blockers. they prefer men be unhappy, tense and sexually frustrated. that is sick and twisted. sadly we're a nation of well armed pansies that will never stand up for what we want.

I think what we really need is to be told exactly when we can and can't do everything. That will surely solve all our problems while not causing others. For example, it's well-known that you can't give a sexual massage between the hours of 6am and 10pm, so the government telling people when they can and can't get massages makes perfect sense.

HotWingAgenda:RatMaster999: namatad: The legislative effort comes amid increasing awareness of potential human trafficking in disreputable massage parlors. Police and federal agents fear that victims are being forced to live on the premises while working long hours and performing sex acts on clients.

and reducing the hours will affect this HOW??? HAHAHAH AHAHAHAassholes1) you hurt honest business people2) you do ZERO to reduce the "crime" you are pretending to be concerned about?

sigh

war on consensual crimes continues to be fought, lost and complete waste of your tax dollars

It's the same logic as taking firearms out of the hands of regular citizens...

untaken_name:HotWingAgenda: RatMaster999: namatad: The legislative effort comes amid increasing awareness of potential human trafficking in disreputable massage parlors. Police and federal agents fear that victims are being forced to live on the premises while working long hours and performing sex acts on clients.

and reducing the hours will affect this HOW??? HAHAHAH AHAHAHAassholes1) you hurt honest business people2) you do ZERO to reduce the "crime" you are pretending to be concerned about?

sigh

war on consensual crimes continues to be fought, lost and complete waste of your tax dollars

It's the same logic as taking firearms out of the hands of regular citizens...

untaken_name:I think what we really need is to be told exactly when we can and can't do everything. That will surely solve all our problems while not causing others. For example, it's well-known that you can't give a sexual massage between the hours of 6am and 10pm, so the government telling people when they can and can't get massages makes perfect sense.

Actually, the clever bit is the guys who want HJs are all busy giving massages during the day.

untaken_name:HotWingAgenda: RatMaster999: namatad: The legislative effort comes amid increasing awareness of potential human trafficking in disreputable massage parlors. Police and federal agents fear that victims are being forced to live on the premises while working long hours and performing sex acts on clients.

and reducing the hours will affect this HOW??? HAHAHAH AHAHAHAassholes1) you hurt honest business people2) you do ZERO to reduce the "crime" you are pretending to be concerned about?

sigh

war on consensual crimes continues to be fought, lost and complete waste of your tax dollars

It's the same logic as taking firearms out of the hands of regular citizens...

Many of the businesses seem to be dropping the cliche blacked-out front windows for colorful, lit-up murals depicting massage scenes.

Around here at least blacked out front windows are a pretty strong indication that it offers more than just a massage.

I would also say that offering late-night hours is a pretty strong indication of more than just massage unless it's part of a larger operation that runs that late. It's possible that there are places that get enough late patrons from workers as such places but I have never run into such a place.

I don't know why, but around here there have been a ton of 'Asian' and 'Oriental' massage places opening up over the past year. It went from one to about a dozen practically overnight.

I've been a bit curious about what goes on behind those black tinted windows. If they are prostitution-fronts, I guess that's fine, I have no problem with it as long as it is mutually consensual and no one is being forced to work at any of them against their will.

TuteTibiImperes:I don't know why, but around here there have been a ton of 'Asian' and 'Oriental' massage places opening up over the past year. It went from one to about a dozen practically overnight.

I've been a bit curious about what goes on behind those black tinted windows. If they are prostitution-fronts, I guess that's fine, I have no problem with it as long as it is mutually consensual and no one is being forced to work at any of them against their will.

Around here the odds that they offered more than just massage would be basically 100%. That doesn't mean they all offered actual sex, though--some were just rub & tug places.

feckingmorons:The Only Sane Man In Florida: So, by creating a pretty inconsequential law telling them they have to close at certain hours you're somehow going to prevent already illegal brothels, especially ones that use trafficked women, from operating...

Yeah, please explain to me how that's going to work, because I'm quite interested in hearing about how the traffickers are going to say "Welp, guess I'm out of business then!" and release their sex slaves.

Written by the same group that thinks outlawing scary looking guns will stop their use by criminals.

Actually, what most people want is guns out of the hands of crazy people.

TuteTibiImperes:I don't know why, but around here there have been a ton of 'Asian' and 'Oriental' massage places opening up over the past year. It went from one to about a dozen practically overnight.

I've been a bit curious about what goes on behind those black tinted windows. If they are prostitution-fronts, I guess that's fine, I have no problem with it as long as it is mutually consensual and no one is being forced to work at any of them against their will.

One AMP near where I used to work got busted with underage girls as young as 14.

It's almost certain that most are fronts for brothels and there's a decent chance the people working there were smuggled into the country and they have "consented" to work to pay off their coyotes.

The only thing this law would do would give them 8 hours where they don't have to work.